“K2 is not some malevolent being, lurking there above the Baltoro, waiting to get us. It's just there. It's indifferent. It's an inanimate mountain made of rock, ice, and snow. The "savageness" is what we project onto it, as if we blame the peak for our own misadventures on it.”

“Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory.”

“I believe that, with anything in life, if you have the patience, desire and passion, you can do whatever you set your mind to.”

“We ask for forgiveness. And we forgive others who ask us. In that way we can experience healing, healing in our souls.”

“Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.”

“I loved you, you know... It's not my fault the world is what it is.”

“His way to bless us is not always the way we want. What is good to Him may not always look good to us.”